This is an analysis of the poem Donna Mi Prega that begins with:

Because a lady asks me, I would tell
Of an affect that comes often and is fell...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcaadddeeffegXddedhbagdigXjXddedfedggXeXXaeXi dkjdXhaddledbllbjbdidXXkmemkddXXXXjdcjj Xnnkkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 47,39,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101011111 01011110101 1011000111 1001011101 1101001101 101111 1110101 110101 000100 1111100101 11100111 11 1111110100 110101001101 1101010101 1010011001 100111 011100011 010010101011 1101010101 01011010111 1001010101 0101010100 0111111101 10010101 1000110 1101 1011010010 1001010101 11001001011000 10011011001 1011000101 0011011001 1001010100 1101011111 01010100101 0101010111 10010101101 100101001001 01100 1011 100 101111011100 110101001010 1111110111 11111100100 110101010100 1100101111 010101110010 101010111101 1001011101 1101010111 1101011101 11010 10101 110101 1011001101 111100011 1011 110001 110101 1111 1111110101 1111 101 0101 101110 11011 1101 011010010 1101010 1011 1111011 111101 010010 01001010 11011001 10011000 1110 101001 11100111 100011010 1011010101 0101011101 011100100101 1011000101 111111010110 1111011100111 1111 11111101010 01010 111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1049
  • Average number of words per stanza: 197
  • Amount of lines: 92
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, what, or, from, in, he, love are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines love is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase love connects the lines.

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  • summary of Donna Mi Prega;
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